aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
election; selection; choice
about; concerning; related to; -ish
tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
war situation; progress of a battle
decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
without; unless; have to do
insatiable; untiring; persistent
action before words; work before talk
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
existence; possession; having; limited company
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
to hold fast; to protect to the end
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate
to escape from; to get out
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
report of death; notification of a death
report; notification; registration
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
this one; with this; in this way
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
payment of debts; repayment
realistic; practical; feasible